Life in the Rainforest

{
  "version": 1,
  "title": "Life in the Rainforest",
  "subtitle": "Four layers, millions of species and a forest that makes its own rain: a tour of the richest places on Earth.",
  "topic": "How a tropical rainforest works",
  "domain": "nature",
  "emoji": "🌴",
  "kicker": "Nature",
  "chips": [
    "4 layers",
    "3 continents"
  ],
  "style": {
    "palette": "jade",
    "fonts": "book",
    "captions": "glass",
    "effects": [
      "haze",
      "vignette"
    ],
    "enter": "drift",
    "transition": "blur",
    "header": [
      "kicker"
    ],
    "progress": "glow"
  },
  "narration": {
    "voice": "F5",
    "speed": 0.94
  },
  "scenes": [
    {
      "kind": "intro",
      "say": [
        "Rainforests cover only six percent of the land on Earth.",
        "Yet they are home to about half of all the species that live on it."
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "pyramid",
      "heading": "Four layers, four worlds",
      "order": "top-first",
      "items": [
        {
          "icon": "🦅",
          "title": "Emergent layer",
          "text": "Giant trees above the roof.",
          "tone": "sky",
          "say": "At the very top, giant trees rise above the roof, where eagles nest."
        },
        {
          "icon": "🦜",
          "title": "Canopy",
          "text": "A leafy roof full of life.",
          "tone": "emerald",
          "say": "Below them is the canopy, a leafy roof where most animals live."
        },
        {
          "icon": "🐍",
          "title": "Understory",
          "text": "Dim, damp and still.",
          "tone": "teal",
          "say": "Beneath it, the understory is dim, damp and still."
        },
        {
          "icon": "🍄",
          "title": "Forest floor",
          "text": "Dark, with fast recycling.",
          "tone": "amber",
          "say": "And on the forest floor, fallen leaves are recycled in just a few weeks."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "worldmap",
      "heading": "The great rainforests",
      "lead": "Three regions hold most of them.",
      "header": false,
      "transition": "zoom-in",
      "places": [
        {
          "place": "Brazil",
          "note": "The Amazon",
          "tone": "emerald",
          "say": "The Amazon, in Brazil and its neighbours, is the biggest rainforest on the planet."
        },
        {
          "place": "Democratic Republic of the Congo",
          "note": "The Congo Basin",
          "tone": "amber",
          "say": "The Congo Basin in Africa is the second largest."
        },
        {
          "place": "Indonesia",
          "note": "Island forests",
          "tone": "rose",
          "say": "And in Indonesia, island forests are home to orangutans and tigers."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "counter",
      "heading": "Small place, huge importance",
      "transition": "wipe-up",
      "items": [
        {
          "value": 6,
          "suffix": "%",
          "label": "of the land on Earth",
          "tone": "emerald",
          "say": "Rainforests cover six percent of the land."
        },
        {
          "value": 50,
          "suffix": "%",
          "label": "of all species live there",
          "tone": "amber",
          "say": "But about half of the world's species live there."
        },
        {
          "value": 25,
          "suffix": "%",
          "label": "of modern medicines come from its plants",
          "tone": "violet",
          "say": "And around a quarter of our modern medicines began with a rainforest plant."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "cycle",
      "heading": "The forest makes its own rain",
      "center": "Rain",
      "transition": "swirl",
      "items": [
        {
          "icon": "🌿",
          "label": "Trees drink",
          "tone": "emerald",
          "say": "Roots drink water from the soil."
        },
        {
          "icon": "💨",
          "label": "Leaves breathe out",
          "tone": "sky",
          "say": "The leaves breathe it out as vapour."
        },
        {
          "icon": "☁️",
          "label": "Clouds form",
          "tone": "violet",
          "say": "The vapour rises and builds clouds over the forest."
        },
        {
          "icon": "🌧️",
          "label": "Rain falls",
          "tone": "teal",
          "say": "And the rain falls back on the trees, ready to start again."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "callout",
      "tone": "tip",
      "title": "What you can do",
      "text": "Look for the FSC label on wood and paper. It means the trees were grown with care.",
      "say": "Here is something you can do: look for the F S C label on wood and paper, which means the trees were grown with care."
    },
    {
      "kind": "statement",
      "eyebrow": "Why it matters",
      "text": "Protect the rainforest, and you protect **half of life** on Earth.",
      "icon": "🌎",
      "header": false,
      "transition": "fade",
      "say": "Protect the rainforest, and you protect half of the life on Earth."
    }
  ]
}